Shade



oct. 27, 1925.

W.- E. ANDREWS SHADE Filed Deo. 27. 1924 Patented Oct. 27, 1925*.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER E. ANDREWS, OF WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NOR TO THE ANDREWSSHADE COMPANY, F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA CHUSETTS.

y SHADE.

Application mea December 27, 1924. serial No. 758,332. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVALTER E. ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States,residing at 'Whitman in the .county of Plymouth and Stateof'Massachusetts, have invented newand useful Improvements in Shades, ofwhich the following is a specification. 1

This invention relates particularly to `frusto-conical shades, adaptedto surround l0 electric lamps, or other sources of light, al-

though it ma bfi/embodied in a shade or screen of ot e"`"r1n, such assubstantially flat, located at one side only of the source of light.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a highly ornamental anddesirable shade at a relatively small expense, by utilizing, as acomponent part of the shade, relatively in-l expensive, absorbent sheetmaterial, such as cretonne, or wall paper, provided, as usual with anornamental deslgn, and by so treat ing the sheet that the ornamentaleffect of the design is heightened, andthe inexpensive nature of thesheet is not revealed.

0f the accompanying 'drawings forming a part o'f this specification,-

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a shade, the body of which is made inaccordance with my invention. Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentarysection on line 2-2 of Figure 1, portions of the body being shown inperspective.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures. 4 l5 A shade body embodying the invention maybe of.frusto-conical form, as indicated.

by Figure 1, and provided with any suitable reinforcing and supportingmeans, suchas the wire frame or spider aat the upper end 0 o'ghe body,and the wire ring b at the lower Said body is a laminated sheet composedof an inner layer 12 of translucent sheet material, such as theparchment paper usually employed in lamp shades, a layer 13 of ab.-sorbent sheet material provided withy an ornamental design, and adaptedto be rendered practically as translucent as the inner layer byimpregnation, and a trans arent outer 0 layer 14, composed of ahard-ying liquid or solution covering and impregnatlng the absorbentlayer 13. The absorbent layer is preferably composed of thetextilefabric known as cretonne, having a printed design .rendering portions ofthe layer practically opaque.

`The outerlayer 14 is preferably formed by applying a plurality of coatsof shellac to the outer surface of the absorbent layer.

The first coat impregnates the absorbent.

layer and is allowed to harden by drying. Each subsequently applied coatis also allowed to harden before the next is applied. A transparentvlayer 14., of any suitable thickness, may be thus formed, three or fouring of its outer surface by the transparent layer, has the effect ofrendering the texture of the absorbent sheet practically invisible, sothat the external surfapeof the sheet has a smooth appearance,practically like that of parchment paper. I am therefore enabled toutili'z'e cretonne to ornament a shade,. and produce at a minimumexpense an edect comparable to 'that which would be produced by applyingthe ornamentation di- "rectly to parchment paper, an operationnecessarily more ditcult and exnerwve than that of ornamenting textilefabric by print# mg.

the transparentouter' layer, and -thus rendered practically. astranslucent as the inner layer,

I may employ ordinary figured wall paperl asfthe material of theabsorbent layer, the .paper being impregnated by the material of Figures1 and 2 show .the usual strips c.

of braid which secure 'the upper and lower ends of the laminated body tothe wire members a and b.

Itis obvious that any suitable ,hard-drying transparent 'liquid' orsolution, such as collodion, or cellulose acetate', may' be used as thematerial of thev outer layer 14,

I claim: e v. y.

1. In a shade of the character described,

the combination of -an inner backing sheet of flexible, transparentmaterial; a sheet of flexible, absorbent material having a normallyopaque body or ground capable'of ,being rende-red translucent uponapplication of an impregnatinffgr liquid, cemented to said backingsheet, said absorbent sheet having a prepared and permanently opaquedesign thereon; and a transparent outer coating of an impregnating andhard-drying material laid over said absorbent and ornamental sheet togive asmooth'surface and render the normally opaque body or ground onlythereof translucent.

2. In a shade of the character described, the combination of an innerbackingr sheet of flexible, transparent material; a sheet of flexible,absorbent, textile fabric having a normally opaque body or groundcapable of being rendered translucent upon application ot' animpregnating liquid, cemented to said backing sheet, said absorbentsheet having a prepared and permanently opaque design thereon; andatrans arent outer` coating of an impregnating an hard-drying materiallaid over said absorbent and ornamental sheet to fill andconceal thenterstices of the fabric, give a smooth surface, and render the normallyopaque body or ground only thereof translucent.

In'testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

WALTER E. ANDREWS.-v

